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Wits-zoom mnntoz .CLYDE W. PARKER, OF ELGIN, OREGON.

CAE-WHEEL AXLE.

specification or Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application led March 7, 1908. Serial No. 419,736.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CLYDE W. PARKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elgin, inthe county of Union and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Wheel Axles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to car wheel axles, and its primary-object is the provision of an axle constructed to permit one wheel to revolve independently of the other, thereby preventing the slipping of the inner wheel on a curve, the invention comprehendingv a novel construction ofl axle divided in two parts centrally of its length.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a truck especially adapted to receive the two-piece axle.

A still further object of my invention is to 4provide an axle truck which is simple, durale and eiiicient, and which can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively loW cost. With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe construction, combination and arran ement of parts hereinafter fully described, c aimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top `plan View of car wheel axles and truck constructed `in accordance with my invention. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the plane indicated 'by the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of a fragmentary p ortion of the car Wheel truck, the outer bearing and a portion of the side beam of the truck being in section. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View taken on the plane indicated by the lin'e 4-4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the lane indicated by the. line 5-5 of Fig. 3, looliin in the direction indicated by the arrow. lig. 6 is a vertical sectional view-taken on the plane indicated by the line 6-6 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 7 is a similar view taken on the plane indicated by the line 7-7 of Fig. 1.

Similar numerals of reference indicate the same parts in the severalgures of the drawings.

The sides 1 oil the car wheel truck preferably consist of I-beams which are united. in proper relatively spaced relation by means of cross bars 2. The cross bars 2 preferably consist of fiat pieces of metal disposed in parallel spaced relation. Arcuate supportingl bars 3 Aare each secured at one end to the sides 1 on opposite sides of the cross bars 2, said supporting bars extending in opposite directions from the cross bars, and their free ends meet on the longitudinal center of the truck.` y The supporting bars 2 are preferably constructed of I-beams coextensive in height with the Width of the webs l? of the sides 1.

The attached ends of the supporting bars 3 i are located between the iianges of the sides-1, and are provided with angular securing members 4, which are extensions of their webs 3a. Rivets 5 pass through the .webs 1 aof the sides 1 and the attaching members 4 to secure the supporting bars in applied posi# tion.

The webs 3a of the supporting bars 3 are disposed in alinement with the inner edges f the iianges of the bars at their attached ends andin alinement with the outer edges of the flanges at their free ends, thereby permitting the supporting bars 3 to be secured to the cross bars 2 b means of'rivets 6, and to adapt the free en s ofthe supporting bars for the reception of bearing carrying blocks 7. The bearing carrying blocks 7 are secured in ap lied position by means ofrivets or bolts 8 which pass through the blocks and through the webs 3a of the supporting bars 3 and by means of rivets or bolts 9 which pass through the blocks and through the iian es of the supporting bars.

is 7 rest upon the' ilanges between the opposin surfaces .of the web 3l of the snpporting ars. In view thereof, and the manner of assing the rivets or bolts 8 and 9 throng the blocks 7 and the supporting bars 3, the blocks are capable of standing any strain to which they may be subjected. ln order to strengthen the connectionbetween the sides 1, the cross bars 2 andthe support- .ing bars 3, bracket plates 10"'are secure'd to the lower anges of the sides 1 and the sup? porting'bars 3. Each block 7 carries a journal box 1 1 which is alined with a pair of jour- -nal boxes 12 carried by the sides 1. The

The bearing n ders 23 whic when it is'desired t0 remove the axles. One

of the end walls 14 and the side walls 15 oi' each journal box 11 are provided with grooves 16 which Vreceive a removable botcess 21 to receive the inner ends ol' the seci tions ol"v axles 22, the inner ends of the axle sections bein provided with annular' shoul it in corresponding recesses 24 in the brasses 18, said shoulders preventing the axle sections from having any lengthwise movement. The journal boxes l2 are secured in openings in the webs la-of the sides 1 by means of rivets 25 which are let through flanges 26 formed thereon and through the Webs of the sides. The journal boxes 12 are provided with journal brasses 27 which are formed to provide circular recesses 28 adapted to receive reduced journals 29 formed on the outer ends oi the axles 22, the reduction of the journals `29 providingr shoulders 30 at the inner ends and circularv members 31 at the outer ends ofthe journals, the brasses 27 being confined between the shoulders and said circular members. rlhe journal boxes 12 are provided with vcoversv journal brasses of the journal boxes 11 and l2 are carried by adjustably mounted plates, it should be apparent that they' may he readily and quickly adjusted to compensate ier. wear therein and in the ends'of the axles.

Yneels are fastened to the axles 22 in the usual manner.

It should be apparent from theabovie de-v scription taken in connection witlithe accompanying drawings, that a car wheel axle constructed in accordance with my inventionwill permit one wheel to -revolve independently of the other, whereby to prevent the slipping of the innerwheel on passing aV curve. It should also be apparent that the truck is admirably adapted for the reception y of the axle, and that the axle and truck are simple, durable and efficient and can be 'nanufactured and sold at a'eomparatively low cost.

From the l'oregoing description taken in connection, with the accoinpanying.drawing,

.the eonsti'uctien and inode of operation of the invention should he understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions and l minor details cf construction may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having fully described and illustrated my t invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination with sectional axles, of a truck comprising sides provided with l bearings, curved su porting bars each secured at one end to t e sides, the free ends of i the bars being disposed on the longitudinal j center of the truck and provided with bear-V ings, the ends of the axle sections being journaled on the bearings.

2. The combination with sectional axles, of a truck com rising sides provided with bearings, curve( su porting bars each secured at one end to t e sides, the free ends of j the bars being dis osed on the longitudinal i center of the trucli, and bearing blocks sei l l i l of a truck comprising sides provided with supporting bars each sebearings, curve cured at one end to t e sides, the free ends of the bars being disposed on the longitudinal center of the truck and provided with bearand to the bars, the ends of the axle sections being journaled in'the bearings.

4. The combination with sectional axles, of a truck comprising sides constructed of I-.heams and provided with bearings, and curved supporting bars constructed of I- beams and each secured at one 'end -to the j on the longitudinal center of the truc( andr c eing journaled in the bearings.

6. The combination with sectional axles, of a truck comprising sides, cross bars secured at their ends to the sides, and curved ,l supporting bars each secured at one end to the sides, the sides'and supporting bars being providedwith bearings to receive the ends of the axle sections.4

7. 'lhe combination with sectional axles, of a truck comprising sides, curved supportl ing bars each secured at one-end to the sides, and journal boxes secured to the free ends of l the supporting bars and to thesides, the ends l of the axle sections being mounted in the 1 journal boxes.

ings, and bracket plates secured to the sides provided with bearings, the axle sections j cured to the free ends of the bars, the ends of sides, the free ends of the bars being dis osed f sides, and bracket plates secured to the sides 8. The combination with sectional axles, of a truck comprising sides, journal boxes secured to the s1des,` curved supportin bars each secured at one end to the sides, locks secured to the free ends of the supporting bars, and journal boxes secured to the blocks the ends of the axle sections being disposed in the journal boxes.

9. The combinationwith sectional axles, of a truck comprising sides, cross bars secured at their ends to the sides, curved su porting bars each secured at one end to t e and to the supporting bars, the sides and f supporting bars being rovided with bear- 1.3

ings for tl'le reception o the ends of the axle sections.

l0. A truck comprising sides, journal boxes secured to the sides, curved supporting bars each secured at one end to the sides, nd journal boxes secured to the supporting ars. v

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

OLYDE W. PARKER. Witnesses:

H. E. CooLiDGE, LEE BELL. 

